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Sheeaun, barrow in County Roscommon (RO013-032----)

Barrow, unclassified
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What is recorded here

Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a Sheeaun - little fairy mound, and situated on the crest of the SE-facing slope of a low hillock which is largely quarried away. Circular overgrown mound (diam. of base c. 28m; dims of top 8m E-W; 5m N-S; H 4.8m at S to 6.3m at E) with terraced sides. There is no visible fosse, kerb or other feature.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO013-032

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Official monument number
RO013-032----
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Photo credits
  • Éire Óg GAA Club, credited by Roscommon Herald; individual photographer not stated, www.roscommonherald.ie
  • Duncan Grant, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Kilmovee Shamrocks GAA Club, via Connaught Telegraph; individual photographer not named, www.con-telegraph.ie
  • David Purchase, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • GAA.ie; photographer not named, www.gaa.ie
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Swinford GAA; the page thanks Michael Maye, Rita Campbell and Fiona McDonagh, without assigning the panoramic image to one maker, swinfordgaa.ie
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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